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Kidnap accused to plead not guilty
CHICAGO: The man accused of holding
three young US women captive for
around a decade in a house in Cleveland
will plead innocent to charges of rape
and kidnapping, one of his lawyers said.
“There will be a plea of not guilty,”
lawyer Jaye Schlachet said.
He would not say on what grounds Ariel
Castro will plead not guilty in the case
that has shocked America, urging the
public to refrain from a rush to judgment.
“He’s not a monster and he shouldn’t
be demonised by the media,” the
lawyer said.
The 52-year-old Castro, who is being
held on an $US8 million bond, has
been charged with kidnapping and
raping three women over around a 10-
year period, one of whom bore his child
in captivity.
Prosecutors say they also may charge
him with the aggravated murder of
unborn babies at least one of the women
lost during beatings, a crime that could
carry the death penalty.
Michelle Knight, 32, Gina DeJesus, 23,
and Amanda Berry, 27, were freed on
May 6 after a neighbour heard Berry
call for help and kicked in the door
to Castro’s house in a working-class
Cleveland neighbourhood.
“All the evidence will be... READ MORE
CANBERRA: Suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson is so
confident of beating fraud charges he intends contesting the
September 14 federal election as an independent.
The MP says he has officially informed the ALP he will not be
seeking preselection for the NSW central coast seat of Dobell.
He also intends to formally resign from the party on
Thursday, taking a veiled swipe at Prime Minister Julia
Gillard on the way out.
Mr Thomson is contesting civil and criminal... READ MORE
Craig Thomson to stand as independent
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly has
condemned the Syrian government’s “escalation” of the
country’s war and backed the role of the opposition coalition
in transition talks.
But Russia, Syria’s key diplomatic ally, fiercely opposed
the resolution, branding it a potential obstacle to peace
negotiations expected to be held in Geneva next month.
And only 107 countries in the 193-member assembly backed
the text, down from 133 when the last Syria... READ MORE
UN slams escalation of Syria war
LOS ANGELES: O.J. Simpson has given a blow-by-blow
account of the night of a September 2007 casino hotel
robbery for which he was jailed, as he seeks a retrial.
Dressed in a blue prison outfit, the 65-year-old former
American football star told the court he did not knowingly
break the law on the day he reclaimed what he believed were
his own stolen belongings.
“It was my stuff. I followed what I thought was the law ... I
didn’t break into anybody’s room,” and... READ MORE
O.J. testifies in bid for new trial
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